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Maryland
Top 100
City Population
Catonsville 40,800
Crofton 21,600
Eldersburg 31,800
Elkridge 24,600
Olney 32,900
Other cities
City Population
Accokeek 8,400
Adelphi 18,300
Annapolis 37,400
Arbutus 20,600
Arnold 24,400
Aspen Hill 54,000
Ballenger Creek 16,000
Baltimore 638,200
Bel Air 10,600
Bel Air North 28,900
Bel Air South 45,900
Beltsville 16,500
Bennsville 9,000
Bethesda 59,500
Bowie 53,100
Burtonsville 7,900
California 10,400
Calverton 18,400
Camp Springs 18,500
Cape St. Claire 8,600
Carney 34,600
Chesapeake Ranch Estates-Drum 15,200
Chevy Chase 9,800
Clinton 28,400
Cloverly 8,100
Cockeysville 19,800
Colesville 21,300
College Park 26,400
Columbia 97,200
Damascus 12,200
Edgemere 9,400
Ellicott City 61,300
Fairland 22,400
Fallston 8,900
Forest Glen 7,600
Forestville 13,400
Fort Washington 25,300
Frederick 61,700
Friendly 11,900
Gaithersburg 59,500
Garrison 8,500
Germantown 59,300
Glenn Dale 13,800
Greater Upper Marlboro 20,600
Green Haven 18,000
Green Valley 14,300
Greenbelt 22,800
Havre de Grace 12,200
Hillcrest Heights 17,200
Jessup 8,000
Joppatowne 12,700
Kemp Mill 10,300
Kettering 12,200
La Plata 7,500
Lake Arbor 10,200
Lake Shore 13,200
Lanham-Seabrook 19,100
Largo 11,100
Laurel 21,900
Linganore-Bartonsville 14,600
Linthicum 7,700
Lochearn 25,900
Londontowne 8,300
Lutherville-Timonium 16,700
Marlton 8,400
Mays Chapel 12,000
Mitchellville 10,500
Montgomery Village 40,700
Mount Airy 7,700
New Carrollton 12,900
North Bethesda 41,500
North Kensington 9,400
North Laurel 23,100
North Potomac 24,500
Ocean Pines 12,000
Odenton 23,000
Overlea 12,900
Owings Mills 22,300
Oxon Hill-Glassmanor 36,700
Parole 14,600
Pasadena 12,600
Perry Hall 31,200
Pikesville 30,800
Potomac 47,100
Randallstown 32,700
Redland 17,600
Reisterstown 24,000
Riviera Beach 12,900
Rockville 51,100
Rosaryville 13,800
Rossmoor 9,000
Rossville 12,800
Savage-Guilford 14,700
Severn 38,700
Severna Park 29,600
Silver Spring 80,500
South Gate 29,600
South Kensington 8,200
South Laurel 21,800
St. Charles 38,600
Takoma Park 18,300
Towson 53,400
Travilah 8,300
Waldorf 26,100
Westminster 19,400
Wheaton-Glenmont 60,500
White Marsh 9,000
White Oak 21,800
Woodlawn 36,800
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  Median household income
Hillsborough $263,456
Scarsdale $219,317
Los Altos Hills $199,370
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in July (°F)
Rancho Mirage, CA 108.2°F
Avondale, AZ 107.6°F
Glendale, AZ 107.6°F
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Priciest homes
  Median price
Montecito $3,157,233
Hillsborough $2,606,764
Paradise Valley $2,075,930
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Most singles
  % single residents
State College 76.5%
Durham 74.5%
Amherst Center 73.7%
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Youngest
  Median age
Storrs 20.65
Durham 21.19
Oxford 21.56
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